What size tank, how much rock, how old is the tank? They need lots and lots and lots of pods. I managed to get mine eating mysis but it still ended up starving to death. You would be surprised at how much they need to eat.

the best thing to do would be to setup a couple of small tanks, say 5's or 10's. put lots of LR rubble in them. slap an inexpensive HOB filter on it. feed the daylights out of the tank. this will create a huge population of pops you can then feed to the dragonet.

it is a good idea to have two of these tanks because these tanks will crash in a very short amount of time. i would guess about 6 months max. if you have two of them then you can rebuild one and still have food for the dragonet.

I had my scooter blenny (Lenny) for 8 months but he finally disappeared a few days ago. I noticed he was getting thinner lately. Unfortunately not enough pods for him even though I have about 150lbs of live rock. He will be sadly missed as he had a lot of character .

Okay I'll do that. And about the earlier questions. My 20g tank is 1 month old and I have 30lbs of live rock. I used cured live rock and the ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite levels have all been at zero for 2 weeks after the ammonia spike. I also have 4 Dwarf Blue Legged Hermit Crabs, 2 Emerald Crabs, and 1 Coral Banded Shrimp. All of them are healthy and active and they scurry out of the rockwork at feeding time. I feed them all about 2-3 times a day and I preform water changes about every 2 weeks. At the end of this week I plan on buying a juvinile pair of Ocellaris Clownfish to add some color to the tank. Also this weekend I am buying a 30g tank and an RO unit because I am addicted now. Be sure to look for that build thread within a couple of months.

frozen brine shrimp are not the best food. very little nutritional value in them. you can still starve the dragonet by feeding brine shrimp. try mixing the brine shrimp with some blender mush or other frozen food cocktail. Marine Cuisine is a good example of a frozen cocktail food.

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